growth and some signs of european growth and some signs of growth in japan, few in north asia, north that this could become a growth trend. we're thinking it could occur this fall. >> i hope you're right, david. >> i hope i'm right too. >> david, thank you. >> now to the international news, nbc's richard engel is just outside of syria in turkey. richard, i understand that you met today with a top syrian rebel leader. what did you learn? >> reporter: we met with general overall commander of the free syrian army, i u.s. backed rebel faction, one of the many rebel factions fighting in syria. he told us he completely supports the u.s. military strikes if they do in fact happen and fear that if no action is taken or no decisive action is taken, it would only em bolden president assad to use chemical weapons again, perhaps on a larger scale. he also gave us new information about how these chemical attacks themselves took place. saying they began around 2:45 in the morning last week. they were launched from at least four different locations and all controlled by the syrian military, includi

north asia has trade surpluses, a lot of cases right new we have pressures are emerging countries with trade deficits, where someone has to hold their currency. lori: i understand that foreign investment is coming out of u.s. treasuries as well, part of reason that interest rates are going up here, what is going on with market mack nations right now. >> where treasury wields were in pay -- yields in may. this is a really rich bond market, the fed had a lot of influence, equity have been able to hole on and move up, we're deep with record profit territory. investors accepting negative real returns. lori: what is our outlook for u.s. equity. >> 25% is backward return over the last year, it rarely gets better, but first half of the year was 14%. and you know there have been 6 years since world war ii you had 28% or more, we're not looking for that strong return, but, haven't a steady valuation over the coming year would get us a 9% return. lori: we have latest reading on gdp for second quarter, they do three takes this is the second take, strong revision from 1.7 to 2.5%. driven by an inc

you can see on the map in 17 countries across the middle east, north africa, asia, and now the stateartment issuing a worldwide travel alert through august. what does it say about the state of al qaeda? >> well, tells us a lot about the state of one of the great policy initiatives launched by the president, when the entered the presidency, made the tour to istanbul, to cairo, indonesia, in which he opened his hand and called for a new era of mutual respect with the muslim world. now, this is a product of it four years later. we have this unprecedented shutting of embassies. remember, there's no need to shut down u.s. embassies in christian lands, this is only in the muslim world. obama had assumed because of his history growing up in indonesia because of the senity meant towards islam, he was denouncing abroad all things having to do with bush that america would as obama has been saying, its standing of the world is at a new high. it is at a rather low when we have to close our embassies, unprecedented around the muslim world. i am not second guessing the call, we obviously have chat

point to yemen but the state department warning expands too much of the middle east to north africa and south asia. alkida and the arabian penninsula based in yemen appears to be planning a real attack. this is not the usual chatter they pick up. but they're searching for important piece of the puzzle. >> you don't want to send a signal that any time alkida says boo we're going to close our doors. then they're achieving their goal of limiting american power in a region they're trying to dominate. >> reporter: joe vasquez, kpix 5. >>> more than 20 embassies and consulates will be closed tomorrow. >>> an earthquake caused damage to buildings in india. a 5.2 earthquake at 3:00 a.m. it caused cracks in houses and a few buildings collapsed. people were running into the streets but no reports of any deaths so far. >>> a bay area search and rescue team needs rescue of their own. some of the team's aviation equipment is grounded because of federal budget cuts. >> reporter: when you need help in an emergency every second counts the 129th rescue wing is often called in for rescues that are too complex or to

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place, but warn it could be anywhere in the ark of mostly muslim countries, stretching from north africa to south asia. the threat goes beyond u.s. installations to include those of other western countries. britain will close its embassy in yemen and urged citizens to leave the country. there's no indication what kind of attack might be in the works, although al-qaeda specialized in suicide bombings. its master bomb maker built the underwear bomb, which nearly blew up an airliner over detroit on christmas day, 2009. explosives hidden in printer cartridges bound for the u.s. were hard to detect even after authorities had been told where to look. most recently, al siri designed an underwear bomb. explained why it was so alarming. >> it was a new type of explosive that we have never seen and either attetedetection screams over a million checked bags every day, wasn't calibrated to detect that. >> u.s. officials say they have no evidence the current plot is designed to take down airliners bound for the u.s. the embassy closings begin on sunday, and could last for a number of days, depending on what more i

us embassies and consulates across the middle east, north africa, and south asia are closed sunday inase terrorist threats turn into attacks. the move came after officials picked up increasing chatter from al qaeda in yemen, where multiple sources tell cnn an attack plan could be in its final stages. >>"well, the numbers are so big that i can't go into it other than the fact it definitely is planned a very enormous attack, a catastrophic type attack. that's probably the best way to describe it. and i can't really go any further than that." the threat is considered credible though ambiguous-- it could target us or western targets all across the region, though yemen is getting particular attention-- with security around the us embassy there even tighter than usual. there's a long history of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula targeting the us. including the christmas day 2009 underwear bomb plot. now cnn terrorism analyst paul cruikshank says there's a new twist: al qaeda's leader in yemen-- once osama bin laden's personal secretary -- is reportedly now the second in command in the organi

. >>> across asia, the middle east and north africa, 22 u.s. embassies and consulate have locked their doors today. >> the signs to visitors say it all, stop. the u.s. has also issued a worldwide travel alert, warning that al qaeda may be planning attacks on americans. so, let's start our global coverage with cnn's emily schmidt. she is in washington. hi, emily. >> reporter: victor and brianna, one of the unusual aspects of the u.s. deciding to close so many embassies and consulates was that it came with a specific date attached, sunday. now that action is closely watched to see if there will be a terrorist reaction. >> out of an abundance of of caution -- >> reporter: first, the warnings. now, the waiting. u.s. embassies and consulates across the middle east, north africa and south asia are closed sunday in case terrorist threats turn into attacks. the move came after officials picked up increasing chatter from al qaeda in yemen where multiple sources tell cnn an attack plan could be in its final stages. >> these are numbers i can't go into, o

place, but warn it could be anywhere in the arc of mostly muslim countries stretching from north africa to south asia. the threat goes beyond u.s. inn stlaigzs to include those of other western countries. britain will close its embassy iniemen and urged all its citizens to leave the country. there's no indication what kind of attack might be in the works although al qaeda in the arakian peninsula has specialized in stiewdz bombing. it's master bombmaker built the underwear bomb which nearly blew up an airliner over detroit on christmas day 2009. explosives hidden in printer cartridges and shipped on cargo planes bound for the u.s. were hard to detect, even after authorities had been told where to look. most recount, he designed a new underwear bomb which was handed over to the u.s. by a double agent. at a conference last month, john pistol, head of the transportation security administration, explained why it was so alarming. >> so it was a new type of explosive that we had never seen in either attempts in the u.s. or around the world by terrorists, so all of our explosive detection equipment which sc

point to yemen but the state department warning expands to much of the middle east, to north africa and south asia. the threat goes beyond u.s. installations to include those of other western countries. al-qaida and arabian peninsula based in yemen appears to be facing attack. they're still searching for important pieces of the puzzle. for now the state department plans to close key embassies but will try to avoid overreacting. >> you certainly don't want to send a signal that any time al-qaida says boo we're going to close our doors because in some ways they're achieving their goal of limiting american power and influencing the region they're trying to dominate. >> the travel advisory is in effect until the end of the month. >> more than 20 embassies and consulates will be closed on sunday as precaution. >>> after more than three decades, police are named a suspect in the unsolved murder of a vacaville teenager. they believe that 47-year-old marvin ray, jr., is responsible for killing 14-year-old deanna lynn johnson. on november 15th, 1982, johnson went to a party down the street from her house.

and that includes embassy and consulates in middle east, north africa, and south asia, where sunday is the start of the work week. officials say this appears to be a real plot in the making and not just the normal chatter among terrorists talking about attacks they'd like to carry out, but these same officials add they are missing key pieces of information. >> schieffer: all right, well, i know you'll be staying on this story, david. in syria's civil war the assad regime seized momentum weeks ago but today the rebels fought back. thigh fired rockets into a weapons depot in the city of homs setting off huge explosions. human rights groups say at least 40 people were killed, maybe 120 wounded. earlier today, the syrian president bashar al-assad made a rare appearance on state tv when he visited soldiers outside damascus. this 113th congress back in eashington is on track become the least predictive in history, so whatt for them to mark that than by taking off the rest of the summer without finding a way to fund the government come september. if you are keeping score at home, congress' ap

strategy involves addressing the underlying grievances and conflicts that feed extremists from north africa to south asia. essentially what he's saying here that we we have to address these underlying grievances and later on in this speech he's sad that those underlying grievances include mainly poverty and sick tearing hatred but he of course made no mention of the american military and do you think the americans the white house administration can win the hearts and minds of the local populations and address this underlying cost for terrorism without changing its way well actually america is still involved and many countries in the middle east still using military means is still using. afghanistan which killed more than four thousand people until now most of them women and children and they are using the drones again and. many people are killed the ones i received from. yemeni taxi driver saying that please how can i send a message to the congress saying that i am a taxi that i about nothing to do with al qaeda and please don't bomb me so that's that's the problem still involve the still using these rul

department reopened 18 of 19 missions and consulates, diplomatic posts, across the middle east, north africa, near asia. did the administration do the right thing in closing those embassies to respond to the terror threat or as some of our foreign partners say, did it in effect be an act of retreat on this part of the country against the threats in the middle east? >> i'm not sure it was a matter of retreat. but it authenticates the incredible threat that al qaeda poses to the united states of america and our embassies and consulates throughout north america. you can't say on one hand you have destroyed quote core al qaeda. that is semantic gym mastics which is remarkable. you can't say that and at the same time close embassies and consulates all oest mideast. look, al qaeda is on the rise. they have been on the rise. they continue to penetrate. they have almost a free zone in the iraq/syria syrias that border iraq is now -- excuse me. al qaeda is strengthening everyday in every way because of a lack of american leadership and policy. the only american policy i can think of that president obama is prac

asia and other places that normally are not closed on sunday? >> i don't think that that's envisioned, no. >> so you think that this is regional? >> this is regional. this is the arabian peninsula, north africa, central asia. >> and there was some reporting in the "new york times" that it may be related to an increased tempo in drone attacks in yemen. >> well, i have not heard any speculation to that effect and my suspicion is that given al qaeda's intentions of its focus on harming the interests of the united states, i mean this is an ongoing challenge that we've had with al qaeda linked organizations for some time. right? so i'm not that surprised that al qaeda would target u.s. interests at this time. they've done it in the past and i just think the answer to this is for us to get better at strengthening our embassies, and of course better at interception of this intelligence. and this intelligence, of course, is not only used to protect the united states. it is important to understand it's also used to protect our allies such as the uk, and in continental europe. certainly it is used in afghanistan, it's used in israel and in the middle east. so it is an important asset that prote

embassies and consulates across the middle east, north africa, and asia, to close their doors this sunday. now, analysts are calling this a serious response. they point out that the u.s. has beefed up embassy security in a big way since the attacks of september 11th. essentially turning those facilities into fortresses. yet the state department and the pentagon are taking more action today. diplomatic facilities in these countries are set to close on sunday: egypt, libya, afghanistan, and iraq, and many u.s. government buildings ordinarily close their doors on sundays, but it's a normal work day in many parts of the middle east. today a member of the house intelligence committee had this message for americans with summer travel plans. listen. >> something that is very credible, that is causing great concern right now, some they need to outlaws want to know what you know and they know we're ready for them, supposedly. seems to me they may want to change their date. >> and the state department warns that if this threat persists, some of those embassies and consulates may stay closed for sev

asia. now over to north america. the wet weather continues to impact southeast stretching from mississippi into the carolinas today. the flood level is at moderate level which is going to up the risk of flooding across this area with additional rainfall. looks like it is going to be continuing for the next couple of days. we have the monsoonal showers here but no precipitation to talk about across the area where we have red flag warnings in much of the west. take a look at the temperatures. 30s. the heat from the gulf of mexico surging. toronto looking at 32 degrees. here across europe system in the weakening trend but it is going to still impact much of the central regions as it treks towards the east. gusts, hail and thunderstorms are capable to be unleashed. but the high pressure system covering much of western and central portions here. geneva temperature up to about 30 degrees on your friday. it is going to be on the rising trend. i'll leave you now for your extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition

the arabian peninsula, north africa, central asia. that does suggest that come monday the state department is not going to be closing embassies in europe or south america or canada or that kind of thing. so that's his impression of it. but, you know, obviously the -- it's really two things. it's the credibility of the source. now, you never know whether the source, of course, is accurately passing along information. that's trick one. the second thing here is there does seem to be, and congressman royce echoed this, a change in how the state department thinks about these things because of the attack on the embassy in bengha benghazi. >> pete, you brought up yemen. there have been drone strikes. we're going to talk about that with evan coleman. he believes that may play a role in what we're seeing as well. thank you, pete. as i mentioned, evan coleman is here with us. the first thing you said to us was, listen, there have been underreporting about these drone strikes happening in yemen or that have happened in yemen. that's caught your

board meeting for al qaeda and representatives or leaders of its vast affiliates from north africa to southwest asia. and this is actually something that al qaeda has done from time to time for a few years now. it is true that al qaeda prefers carriers and bin laden famously had carriers using with thumb drives. this is also another kind of capability. it is very important for how the senior leadership now in pakistan can exercise control of the larger organization. >> an organization that has totally changed that used to be a core group in pakistan, afghanistan and is now a lot of other places. i know there is only so specific you can get. just to make sure i understand characterizing. this is some sort of a skype-like technology or a technology, perhaps, eli that is only available now that people have and al qaeda operatives assumebly have, smart phones that work in the middle of the desert? that kind of thing? >> yeah, without going into detail i would stress that al qaeda is very aware of american intercept capabilities and aware of the fact that they are watched very closely. i would just say t

calls that threat a concerted effort to target an embassy or consulate in the middle east, north africa, and south asia. >>> this morning at 9:00 a.m. bart's board of directors will hold a special meeting. this comes after bart's unions formerly issued a 72 hour notice. they could walk off the job at one minute past midnight on monday morning. >>> janine de la vega is in fremont this morning with some of the options for commuters if bart workers go on strike on monday. a lot of people will have to find some other way to get around. janine. >> reporter: pam, i just spoke to one woman who was waiting here for a car worker. they were going to car pool to palo alto together i asked if a strike happened would she be willing to take others were her? she said yeah but the idea of taking a stranger inside your car sounds scary but some people do it because an unofficial system is set up for that. there are areas designated for morning pickup. drivers usually drop off passengers at fremont and mission streets or nearby downtown san francisco. to car pool on the bay bridge and i-80 there must be three or more pe

calls it a concerted effort to target an embassy or consulate in either the middle east, north africa, and south asia> the threat of a bart strike has several businesses on edge. some stand to gain, others will notice customers disappear. the economic council commits a strike will cost the bay area $73 million a day in lost productivity. last mounties strike hit that restaurant hard. >> our sales there was a huge drop. and you know to see this happen again obviously this will be creating a huge impact in the restaurant. >> other businesses will benefit. bower transportation says it has been asked to boost the amount of buses it sends to its long list of corporate clients. bart riders are not the only commuters impacted by a transit strike. hundreds of bus riders in phoenix, arizona have walked off the job. that strike has left 57,000 riders in the phoenix area scrambling to get to work. the two sides are talking but no deal has been reached there. >>> your time now 5:47. united states thinking twice about meeting with russia now since russia granted temporary asylum to edward snowden. the nsa leaker.

mediterranean, but that cold front as that pushes through, well, we are seeing the same thing in asia and also over towards north america, temperatures going to come down. london with a high of 20, paris at 23, berlin at 23. berlin, your highs by monday will only be into the teens. that's a look at the world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> a japanese astronaut is preparing to blast off straight into the history books. he'll be the first japanese to command the international space station. koichi wakata is counting down the months. he and two other astronauts are training at the johnson space center in texas. they're running simulations to prepare for any emergencies that might occur during their mission. these include fire and rapid loss of cabin pressure. he practiced issuing instructions to the other astronauts in communicating with ground control staff by radio. wakat a will head up to the space station in november aboard the russian spacecraft. he'll be there for six months and serve as commander for the final two months. >> i will like to keep a good communication between the crew members and als

flush out the details of that dmun case and we learned this included groups ranging from north africa to southeast asia to you name it. what some officials have said on background to reporters today is they took issue with the use of the term conference call. it is important to note we withheld many details of how al qaeda pulled off this communication at the request of our sources. what i am willing to share it is not a phone call that al qaeda went to extensive means to set up a virtual meeting space. rather not go in to more detail than that and took extensive measures to provide an environment for this meeting that they felt was secure. of course the u.s. intelligence community was able to crack that security and i guess that's a credit to them in this. >> any idea why al-zawahiri would take a chance on communicating like this. we had a terrorism expert on and said you could look at it as a sign of desperation that it is reaching to affiliates saying do something. >> what we know is al qaeda's leadership in pakistan uses various methods to communicate with affiliates. they use couriers, thumb drive

embassies and consulates across the middle east, north africa and south asia are closed sunday in case terrorist threats turn into attacks. the move came after officials picked up incleasing chatter from al qaeda in yemen where multiple sources tell cnn an attack planned could be in its final stages. >> well, these numbers are so big that i can't go into them other than the fact that there definitely is planned a very enormous attack, a catastrophic type attack. that's probably the best way to describe it, and i can't really go any further than that. >> the threat is considered credible though ambiguous. it could target u.s. or western targets all across the region, though yemen is getting particular attention. with security around the u.s. embassy there even tighter than usual. there's a long history of al qaeda in the aarabian peninsula targeting the u.s., including the christmas day 2009 underwear bomb plot. now cnn terrorism analyst paul crookshank say there's a new twist, al qaeda's leader in yemen, one osama bin laden's personal secretary, is now reportedly the second in command

but we begin tonight with breaking news in the middle east north africa and southeast asia where 19 u.s. embassies and consulates are closed tonight due to continued fears of an imminent terror attack. >> we face an ongoing threat from al qaeda and its affiliates. there are individuals and organizations out there that are focused on doing the united states and the american people harm as well as doing harm to our people. >> the embassy and consulate closings span across 21 countries where initially announced on friday along with a worldwide travel alert to u.s. citizens abroad. today, jay carney did his best to hold specifics, but he did confirm the threat is coming from the al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. and the u.s. took the extraordinary step to close the embassies after it intercepted communications between two top al qaeda leaders. al qaeda's global leader and al qaeda's leader in the arabian peninsula. in which the two men talked about wanting to launch a major attack in the region to coincide with this past weekend's important islamic holiday. nbc news is reporting that accor

facilities in countries like yemen and libya. 22 embassies from north africa to east asia were closed today. in the past few hours, the state department telling us 19 of those will stay shut down until end of the week as a precautionary measure. lawmakers reacting to the threat today, including intelligence committee member tom rooney who says intelligence gathered points to a danger like we haven't seen in many years. >> this is much more specific than anything we saw before benghazi or boston. so this is in tune with 9/11/01 with regard to chatter. we have to be diligent. >> steve centanni begins from washington. steve, what else are sources telling fox news tonight? >> reporter: one says this threat is not a dress rehearsal as previous warnings have been in the bush and obama administrations. the 22 embassies and consulates were shut down for today only, but the state department saying this evening the closures are being extended at some of those locations while others reopen for business tomorrow. several lawmakers said the threat is much more serious than anything they've seen in

specific and the state department is not taking any chances. 22 embassies and consulates from north africa to east asiad. some of them may stay longer depending on the threat level. general jack keane is a retired four star journal and fox news analyst. we appreciate your time, sir. thank you. >> glad to be here. >> harris: i have read you think this is happening because al qaeda thinks we are weak. why? >> absolutely. certainly after 9/11, we clearly had al qaeda on the run because we respond sod clearly to that threat and we intercepted a lot of other threats. and we killed a bunch of their leaders in the process. they have had time to regroup. even though we finally killed usama bin laden. the fact of the matter is they have never ever, harris, given up on their objectives, which is to dominate all muslim countries in the world, strategic objective number one, and the means to achieve that is to drive the united states and the west out of the region so they can have their way. so, they have been spreading in to other countries so they can dominate those countries. that pattern has now taken place ar

the latest specific terror threat. 22 embassies and consulates originally on the list from north africa to east asiaordered closed today, sunday, august 4th. obama administration official confirming to fox news intelligence suggests al qaeda's affiliates in yemen have plans for something big and spectacular. a state department spokesperson saying the decision to keep the embassies and consulates closed at this point is not an indication of a new threat, diplomatic facilities in egypt, jordan, libya, saudi arabia and kuwait are among those that will remain shut down. we'll be monitoring the situation throughout the night. i'm harris faulkner. now back to "on the record. ". >> rush limbaugh going on the record about the acquittal of george zimmerman and race relations in america. you have something to say about the zimmerman verdict? >> well, i was shocked to tell you the truth. i was surprised by it. i thought the makeup of the jury and the condition of american pop culture and the fear of civil unrest would cause the jury to say, you know what? let's come up with some form of guilty and get out of h

the closure stretching across a wide swath of north africa, the middle east and central asia. heavily armed military surrounding the u.s. embassy in yemen right now. the fwloebglobal alert is the ff its kind since the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. >> i'm jamie kocoe colby. the white house is keeping a very close watch and we are, too. susze ricie -- yemen, the home al qaeda's most dangerous affiliate blamed for several recent plots against the u.s. john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, fox news contributor. good morning. >> good morning, jamie. >> first of all, the act of closing embassies is just one is step, i imagine, in a process of keeping everyone safe. but do the employees of those embassies remain in place? and if we had done this same thing with those at the consulate or embassy in benghazi, have had a better outcome? >> yeah. one reason to close the embassy is to keep employees, both american and foreign nationals, in their residences. keep them in the dispersed places to avoid crowds around the embassy. people seeking visas and t

asia. general mattis, what do you make of this worldwide terror alert, if you will, including the shutting down of 21 u.s. embassies and consulates in northand south asia? >> wolf, it's absolutely clear that the threats that were received that were assessed were taken very seriously. we have to remember we're up against an enemy who kills indiscriminately, whether it be women, children, diplomats, and our embassies that we all know have been one of the targets, and i think what this enemy is up to is trying to achieve some sort of a propaganda success, and by taking these steps, the secretary of state is denying the enemy that opportunity. he's simply making it a very unenviable target to blow up an empty building. so the closure of our embassies, bloo bottom line, will throw the enmay off balance and deny them any kind of propaganda victory as we deal with this kind of threat. >> you retired on june 1st. you were the head of the central command. do you remember a time during your tenure or earlier tenures where they literally shut down 21 u.s. embassies and consula s consulates? >> i do not, wolf. there would be times when we would have

embassies in the middle east, north africa and southeast asia will start shutting down as the precautional qaeda attack. cnn national correspondent arwa damon is at the embassy in cairo. arwa? >> reporter: beyond this wall is one of the roads that leads to the u.s. embassy in cairo. normally, it would be open here on a sunday. it is is a working day here but it is going to be closed. americans are not take anything chances. this embassy has been attacked by angry mobs. on september 11th of last year, when people were incensed over the release of a film that insulted prophet muhammad. that's the day they saw a coordinated strike on the consulate that left an ambassador and three others dead. the americans do not want to take a chance that could be repeated. >> arwa, thank you for that. let's head to israel where the u.s. embassy son alert there. it is not shutting down throw, vladimir deutsche is in tel aviv. >> reporter: it doesn't affect the tel aviv united states which is right behind me. they are remaining vigilant. check this out. these tabs on the cars indicate that authority has be

ultimately tesla expects a third of their demand to come from north america, one-third from asia, one-thirdm europe and ultimately this company is a market share play on the 1.5 trillion auto market. >> andrea, this is herb. you know, when we look at this company and look at the profits or lack thereof or whatever they are going to be. the some got the pop after they reported the profit and this quarter people don't expect a profit. whatever they have is low quality. why should we not care about the quality of the numbers they are reporting? >> simply because the gap profitability does not reflect what's actually going on with the company. they have to defer a lot of money, so say they sell $100,000 car, they will only be able to recognize maybe 4% of that revenue in the quarter. the rest of it they will have to defer, so what investors will have to do is look below the gap numbers and lock at what's actually going on with the cash flow. >> how long do you cut them that slack on a company like this? >> well, you know, the cash flow statement will -- will reflect, you know, what's going on w

threat that officials say they are taking very seriously, stretching from the middle east in north africa to south asia to turn to sunday now in this affected region, we're also seeing security increased. a number of officials have said the chatter seems to register from al qaeda in yemen. the u.s. embassy in yemen that where one of the embassies will be closed has greater security, at least 12 tanks within a few hundred yards of the building. congressman peter king has been briefed on the threat as a member of the house intelligence committee. here's how he describes it. we don't have that sound bite, but basically what he said is the numbers are so big he can't get into it, he said, other than the fact that it is definitely planned as a very enormous attack. he continued to say a catastrophic type attack. he said the best way to describe it but he can't go any further than that. important to note that congressman king is a republican. he said he believes the administration is doing all the right things when you're talking about its reaction to this particular threat. >> emily, officials must hear rum

we see a lot of 30s again in eastern continental asia and reaching up to 37 degrees today on our wednesday. now over to north america. the wet weather continues to impact southeast. stretching from mississippi and into the carolinas today. and the flood level is at minor or moderate level, which is going to be upping the risk of any kind of flooding across this area with additional rainfall. but it looks like it's going to be continuing the next couple days. we still have the monsoonal showers here, but no precipitation to talk about across the area where we have the red flag warnings still in place in much of the west. take a look at these temperatures soaring into the 30s. the heat from the gulf of mexico surging up here. toronto looking at 32 degrees. well above the average range. here across europe, the system is in the weakening trend, but it is going to still impact much of the central regions as it treks towards the east. gusts, hail and thunderstorms are capable to be unleashed. but the high pressure system covers much of western and central portions here. geneva, you're actually going to see that te

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has prompted the state department to close all its diplomatic posts in the middle east, north africa and south asia. the intelligence does not mention a specific location so all embassies and consulates that would normally be open on sunday have been ordered to close. sunday is the start of the workweek in the muslim world. the state department released a statement, telling cbs news we have taken this measure out of an abundance of caution and care for our epemployees. it went on to explain, the department, when conditions warrant, take steps like this to balance our continued operations with security and safety. embassies have started announcing the closings on their website. israel, egypt, jordan qatar, saudi arabia, afghanistan, bangladesh and sudan. officials say this appears to be a real plot in the making and not just the normal chatter among terrorists talking about plots they would like to carry out. the fact that so many posts are being closed reflects one, the vagueness of the intelligence and, two, the bitter memories of the four americans who were killed in that attack on the benghazi c