in the campaign across north africa.he mediterranean to the invasion of sicily in july 1942 in southern italy and september september 1943 and then the third volume is one that is just come out beginning with the eve of the invasion of normandie. d-day in normandy as june 6, 1944 in the final volume tells the final chapter of the story all the way through peta. >> host: from your book "an army at dawn" why do we begin a north africa? >> guest: because that is where the story really begins. the decision was made by franklin roosevelt at the urging of winston churchill to not try to cross the english channel in 1942 or 1943 readily because the american army was very green and green commanders, partly because we didn't have the landing craft and the other matÉriel necessary to undertake that enormous feet. so roosevelt can't trade to the advice of almost all of the senior military commanders agreed to invade north africa in november of 1942 and that took place on november 8. american and british worse is fighting not the ge

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they stopped the nazi advance in egypt and north africa.hile that is the headline in history, his book, "halting a possible holocaust in the middle east," tells how god used that battle to save jewish people. >> soldiers from new zealand, south african, and britain, halted the army coming from germany and italy. but it is a story about much more than just a military conflict. >> reporter: waiting behind the german troops was a specialized group. >> one of the troops was sent to north africa to go in behind the forces and begin to murder and kill the jewish people who lived in egypt and palestine. >> reporter: at the same time, certain arab leaders, such as al-hussani, also wanted to get rid of the judiciajewish people. >> it would destroy the jewish people, and it would fulfill the others who wanted to destroy the jewish home in the land of israel. >> reporter: the victory prevented that te desire, and the jewish people realized the significance. >> they knew what awaited them if the german-led army won. >> reporter: they showed their appre

wanted to draw attention to the implications of what it would mean for the middle east and even north africa as an entire region if they did decide to proceed with a military intervention and in fact russia is hoping that the u.s. and russia and other countries will meet in geneva to try and find a peaceful solution a solution on the diplomatic level as well well less than ten percent of americans back in the idea of military intervention in syria and that's according to a recent survey and how we're activists time barry explains why people in the u.s. are far from enthusiastic with the prospect of involvement in yet another war for the last twelve years the united states has been fighting. a war of choice in iraq it war of choice in afghanistan that turned out to be longer battled it over longer for war than the at then the vietnam war which also was

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

or western interests there and across the middle east and north africa. while the obama administration decides whether to reopen embassies, defense secretary chuck hagel ordered marines in the region on a higher state of alert, including several hundred in southern italy and spain and 1,500 marines on 3 navy warships will now also remain off the coast of yemen. anna? >> barbara starr, thank you. >>> ahead to two american embassies next and reports of correspondents on the ground. but first, in this week's "human factor" a doctor living with cystic fibrosis defies the odds and lives his dream. >> reporter: every day now chuck fox is beating the odds. >> when i was born, the average life expectancy for somebody with cystic fibrosis was 18 years old. currently, they estimate it to be 38 years old. last year i passed that threshold. >> reporter: when he was born, chuck's parents were determined to see him thrive but doctors warned he may not survive. >> i have to wear a mechanical vest every day to help keep my lungs clear and help me breathe. get hooked up t

they were among 100 migrants trying to make their way from north africa aboard what appears to have been a wooden fishing boat, running a ground next to a popular beach resort. they were desperately near the shore but either they were exhausted or they could not swim. >> three cruise ships with 12,000 tourists on board were anchored -- anchored as the refugees swam for their lives. at one of thene most popular holiday spots in italy. a beach called the authorities. boat, ii saw the thought it was part of an effort to rescue the people in the water. i could not believe it was the vessel they came here on. >> they towed the boat in after the drownings. around 100 people risk the journey across the mediterranean. the refugees scrambled to reach the shore. >> this is a tragic turn of events. the drowning victims are all men. boy, age 15and one or 16. >> survivors say that they are from syria and egypt. every year tens of thousands attempt the crossing, and a long stretch of good weather has increased the numbers this summer. >> meanwhile, police in france and spain have arrested 75 people su

is very worried about an attack in north africa.most specific he has ever seen. >> it's been taken very, very seriously. and so, nothing can be ruled out. i'm not saying that to panic anyone, but i think because of the dimension of this, we have to say that you know, nothing can be excluded. >> phillip mud, senior research fellow of the new america foundation is joining us from washington. good to see you. we're hearing there is specific information. you heard mr. king underscore that. do you think it is beyond internet chatter, can it be any more specific than that? >> in my view, it's got to be. at the threat b table every morning, you've got to assess quality of information. that is what is the source. you say internept chatter, an interceptable phone call. but i think americans would be surprised at the quantity of threat information you've got to weed through every day, so to decide as u.s. government official, you've got to get out and warn people, this has got to be pretty serious stuff. >> when you hear there are something l

to americans warning that the potential for terrorist attacks is strong in the middle east and north africa. >>> the warning has san francisco police on high alert. there is no direct threat but they are stepping up patrols. they are keeping an eye on the government buildings. tourist attacks and places of worship and are asking people to be on the look out for unusual activity. >> you are asking yourself why. >> you never know. >> police say they are proactive. >>> the president celebrated his birthday over the weekend. the president spent part of his birthday at camp david. it shows his return to the white house t did not release any details about the president's celebration but we know that he was able to play a round of golf. he heads to arizona to talk about a plan to help home owners and southern california for an appearance on jay leno. >>> closing arguments in the trial of suspected mob news james whitey bulger. he faces money laundering and extorsion charges. he called the judge -- yelled at the judge and called a sham. and he was an informant about mafia-related activities. since

as you look towards even north africa, you see some element coming in. we started our discussion before were on the air with algeria, it is very strict and kills terrorist directly without negotiating. you are seeing some elements in egypt and -- terrorism and terrorist groups fee of countries that do not have the rule of law. they do not have an infrastructure and a government providing services, for example. radical people stepping in to fill in social services that the government should be providing. when there is a loyd, you have these terrorist groups, non state organizations that do not adhere to any of our international agreements, that are under no obligation, legal obligation, to fulfill any thing. they are very dispersed and very disorganized, which makes it much harder to combat. >> you mentioned the provision of things such as social services. the taliban are stepping in and seeing the need and applying in that sense of very clever tactic. hamas is doing a similar thing in gaza, of course. let's turn our attention to syria and the situation t

: the scope of the shut down is unprecedented. 21 embassies and consulates in the middle east, north africa, south central asia. never has a security concern prompted action of that magnitude. lawmakers briefed on the threat say the specifics are classified and won't reveal much. >> it is al qaeda linked and based upon our experience in the past, we know that when information surfaces that shows that our personnel are at risk, we should act on that information. >> reporter: last year's attack on the benghazi consulate that claimed the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three others seems to be the reason for the latest intelligence. most of the u.s. installations in the region will be closed on what is often the busiest day in the muslim world. texas republican congress wonders if the publicity is counter productive. >> if we're going to secure our embassies, maybe that's something we ought to just do and not necessarily hold a press conference. >> reporter: the closures coincide with a worldwide travel alert that warns americans to, quote, take every precaution to be aware of their surr

they stretch across north africa and the middle east. peter king, who is a republican congressman, the chairman of the homeland security committee, says there is very little doubt to him something serious is being planned. >> let's talk about -- >> it's the most specific i've seen. i don't think i'm giving anything away when you look at the reaction to have 21 embassies being closed shows how seriously our government is taking it. >> and two u.s. officials say this threat is against not just the u.s. but broaden it out, western targets. in fact, britain and germany have also said they are going to close their embassies in yemen. >> and, emily, i think we had the chiron over peter king and that was actually -- we had it as chris hill. that was to be clear, peter king. let's talk a little bit about the timing here, the anniversary of benghazi. >> september 11th, 2012, the attack there. we're coming up on the one-year anniversary in seven weeks. what role does that attack and the anniversary play both from the planning element and also to m

authorities are suggesting they're looking at north africa and the middle east, a wild -- wide area of the globe. i want to talk to you about egypt and how much concern those daily demonstrations -- they are back out, the pro-morsi supporters in cairo. how much concern is there in washington about instability in egypt and that spilling over? concern.is tremendous there has been concern about egypt since the beginning of the arab spring. a particular concern is that neither side in egypt appears ready to accommodate the other. the military appears to be dead set on going after the muslim .rotherhood grea the muslim brotherhood youth the military's overthrow of morsi -- views the military's overthrow of morsi as a legal. -- illegal. >> the mideast director at the white house national security council, you saw the pictures there. thre cainthe protests have continuedr a while. but who are they, the people in support of president morsi? there are still many thousands of morsi supporters camping here around the clock, well over 100 have been killed in two clashes with security forces. the mi

al-qaeda in north africa tried to take over mali and would have succeeded had it not been for french intervention. >> paul: is mali really a threat to us? >> you could have made the same argument as afghanistan, a remote middle country in the middle of asia but it's a threat that it provides a secure base that al-qaeda can plan and plot. that is the issue. now, the biggest threat increasingly is syria where we have literally thousands of fighters affiliated with a front and other al-qaeda ideologically linked groups that are gaining strength. they are gaining expertise. they are gaining and creating sanctuaries. >> paul: and presumably hard to penetrate? >> they are importing jihadis from europe and going to perpetrate things. >> paul: we were told the syria isn't our fight, it's irrelevant to our security. it's over there, it's the middle east. we need to withdraw from the middle east and pivoted to asia because we have been stirring the hornets nest there? >> we are told what happens in syria stays in syria but it's moved into iraq to destabilize the government. >> paul: there is a

an al qaeda terror alert focused on the middle east in north africa has forced the state department not only to close offices but issue a travel alert throughout the month of august. >> we have to be on guard. there is no doubt this is a real threat. exactly where it's going to happen or whether or not we can stop it is another story. >> some are taking this alarm seriously. >> i'm concerned there is going to be a blowup soon. >> realistically i think the airports are the safest place to be. that's security everywhere. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence are saying they're acting on information from a credible source. they say details are vague. >> the question will be if something doesn't happen in a couple of days how long these heightened measures can be kept in place. >> reporter: for americans overseas a tense month that is just beginning. >> the u.s. embassy in afghanistan is one of the 22 u.s. embassies and consulates that are supposed to shut down temporarily starting tomorrow as nbc reports, the embassy is no ranger to shutdowns. >> this is one of the most major warnings they have r

according to officials, the challenge a potential terrorism is greatest in the middle east and north africa. unrest continues to rattle that region. i spoke with michael singer, a former director of middle east affairs at the white house national security council. you have been in the room when these decisions are made. what is it, the alert of this nature? >> as a government you have information that comes across the radar, which is serious and credible. you are under an obligation to share it publicly. it seems like the information in this case lacks some specimens -- specificity. some reports have suggested the threat emanates from yemen. this is advising american travelers or travelers in general to be cautious and exercise additional caution. chatter is coming in the whole time. you're looking for more specifics than generalized? would it be that you're looking for a particular country, nature of attack? there is chatter all the time. the question is, when does it become serious and credible and specific? information, the must be serious and credible for us to shut down all these embas

you know, those jewish refugees in the middle east and north africa, some one million? return, but it happened. and now christians in the middle east are following a similar trajectory. stand with religious minorities, make clear that the muslim brotherhood that jihad is our way, dying in the way of allah, does not represent american interests. >> come down on the side of anti-democratic totalitarian forces in the middle east and north africa. there's a reason that at those protests in tahrir square, they were waving signs of president obama and calling them friends of the brotherhood, friends of terror. that's serious stuff. we're losing the egyptian people. i mean, it's as i said earlier, a schizophrenic society. they just voted in morsi in, now he's gone. they voted an islamist parliament in, and now that's topsy-turvy. >> does your book talk about how the transition was made from the quran allows jews and christians to be protected people. how we went from that to anlation of jew -- annihilation of jews and christians as well? >> there are verses in the quran, and m

a of particular concern targets in the middle east and north africa, but not necessarily limited to those areas. the administration is not taking chances. as of sunday, it is closing 22 embassies and consulates from algeria all the the way east to bangladesh, including cairo, where nbc's ayman mohyeldin reports. >> reporter: this latest terrorist threat comes as the u.s. embassy here already faces violent street protests. that's why they've already put up blast walls like this and have beefed up additional security. >> reporter: and in kabul, atiyah abawi. >> an official i spoke to here said this is one of the most serious warnings they have received in a long time. security measures in place include restricted movements. that means no embassy car will be leaving the compound. and as for the afghan staff, they will not be coming into work. >> reporter: and the list could grow on monday. the state department also issued a worldwide travel alert today, warning of the potential for terrorist attacks by al qaeda and its affiliates against both official and private interests in the region and

anywhere in north africa.hat makes a big difference between how we reacted to benghazi where we have had high officials being killed in any operation before that. it is very unique. lou: thank you very much. more on the obama administration's reaction to the al qaeda threat throughout the broadcast. stay with . we're coming right back. the race for governor in virginia, tosp. a a new movie on former dnc chairman could swing t vote. lmmaker and president of citizens united tells us all about fast harry. lou: ♪ lou: on wall street today very little news. -tocks finished mixed in the lightest trading volume of the year. the dow fell 46 points. s&p down to, nasdaq up three points of the day. the "washington post" company announcing that it is selling its flagship newspaper to amazon founder and chief executive. agreeing t pay a personal transaction, i should point out, -250 million in cash for the shington post and affiliated newspapers and publications, less than 1% of its $28 million net worth. virginia democrat

she currently serves as a member of the iraq and north africa programs. from 2010 to 2012, she worked in iraq. and managing u.s. ip's baghdad office. she has conducted field research in rwanda and egypt, and has worked in the field for many community-based, nongovernmental organizations. with that, i would like to turn it over to our panel. e will start with aly. > thank you. first of all, i would like to thank the team for giving us this opportunity to speak to activists in civil society environment in washington, d.c. it goes without saying i have to also think my daughter. she has been a massive encouragement. to speak to you about libya is to speak to you about my heart. working for libya has been the story of my life. even when i fled the country after being imprisoned and tortured and kicked out of the university, i continued to work with activists to combat the regime and create an opening and opportunity for our people in libya. i would like to thank here for the national endowment for democracy, because they have been, in the last 10 years, backi

al qaeda and north africa tried to take over earlier this year and would have succeed seeded had it not been for french intervention. >> you could have made the same argument 15 years ago -- is afghanistan a threat to us? distant highly -- remote little country in the middle of asia. but it is a threat to the extent it provides a secure base from which al qaeda can plan and plot. that's the issue. now the biggest threat increasingly i would say is not yemen but syria where we have thousands of fighters affiliated and other al qaeda linked al qaeda groups. and that are gaining strength. they are gaining expertise and gaining fighting experience. >> they are create sanctuaries inside of syria which will be presumably very hard for us to penetrate. >> right. not only that but they are importing jihadis from europe that will go home at one point back to hamburg or -- madrid. then they are going to create perpetrate you jihadi -- >> we were told that this syria isn't our fight. it is irrelevant to our security. and it is -- okay, it is over there. that's the middle east. we need to withdraw

likely 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 equi

anywhere in north africa.hat makes a big difference between how we reacted to benghazi where we have had high officials being killed in any operation before that. it is very unique. lou: thank you very much. more on the obama administration's reaction to the al qaeda threat throughout the broadcast. stay with us. we're coming right back. the race for governor in virginia, tossup. a new movie on former dnc chairman could swing the vote. filmmaker and president of citizens united tells us all about fast harry. lou: and right now, 7 years of music is being streamed. a quarter million tweeters are tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why hp built a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's cald hp moonshot. and it's givinthe internet the room it needs to grow this&is gonna be big. hp moonshot. it's time to build a better enterprise. together. this&is gonna be big. bjorearns unlimited rewas for his small business take theseags to room 1

governmen officials are warning al qaeda may soon launch terror attacks in the middle east and north africa. they're taking defensive measures to protect american facilities and citizens. state department officials say they'll temporarily close embassies on sunday in 17 muslim countries including iraq, libya, egypt and afghanistan. they issued a global travel alert based on information suggesting al qaeda members are planning attacks. they say they see a threat between now and the end of this month. >>> u.s. officials stepped up their security at diplomatic facility last year. militants in libya killed four americans including the u.s. ambassador in september. a man lit up a bomb this february at the u.s. embassy in turkey. >>> the latest u.s. jobs data are presenting a mixed picture. fewer americans were out of work, but job growth fell short of economists' expectations. analysts are trying to figure out whether the numbers will prompt fed policymakers to scale down their economic stimulus measures. officials at the u.s. labor department say the jobless rate last month stood at 7.4%. that'

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

citizens who are traveling in the middle east and north africa. separately, a u.s. official tells us that they are monitoring a specific threat in yemen, the kcapital of yemen. remember, just this thursday, president obama met with yemen's president in the white house. counter-terrorism was one of the main topics they talked about. so far, the only al qaeda affiliate that has shown both the desire and ability to attack u.s. posts overseas is al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or aqap, based in yemen. >> as you said, there is this new travel alert that came out just seconds ago. let me read you a little part of that. it said an attack possibly occurring in or emanating from the arabian peninsula. clearly, there are some very specific fears for that region. one of the things we mentioned was the date right now. about a month before september 11th. the attacks in new york and 2001 and the one year anniversary of the attacks of that compound in benghazi in libya. any sense that this now round of threats causing the embassies to close this week and now this travel warning

particularly in the middle east and north africa.ive announcements of its kind, it said it was temporarily closing this sunday 21 embassies and consulates in 17 countries. posts that normally are open sundays. they include yemen, libya, and saudi arabia. officials say they're taking the threat very seriously that the number of countries could increase, and the length of the closings could increase as well. officials say they took the measures out of an abundance of caution as the anniversary of the september 11th attack last year on the u.s. mission in benghazi, libya, that killed four americans, including the u.s. ambassador, approaches. could the state department be overreacting? terror expert tom sanderson says no. >> there was an attack and they had not closed the embassy and u.s. personnel and local citizens had died, then people would have asked where there was no effort to shut down and safeguard the embassy and its employees. i think at this point with the little that we know, this appears to have been a good and cautious dec

officials are warning of possible terror attacks in the middle east and north africa. the terror threat has prompted the state department to close several u.s. embassies. we're covering this story from all angles. i want to bring in chris lawrence. he's got details on this worldwide travel alert. i want to start with you jim, at the white house and then chris and then the threat to al qaeda. fill us in here. let's start with you chris. >> basically, what's happening now is american intelligence officials now say that they have been tracking a particular threat from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula for the past several weeks. in the past several days they have received additional intelligence information. once analyzing that that's what pointed them to a potential take inside yemen as well as other attacks in the middle east and north africa. that is what prompted that move by the obama administration to close the embassies and then just today to issue the worldwide travel alert. i spoke with a u.s. official who called this threat both credible and serious saying that

. >>> 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

communications that are warning about a possible terror attack particularly in the middle east, north africa and the arare yan peninsula. molly begins our report from washington. what have you heard from the white house? >> the white house said president obama was briefed this morning on the al qaeda terror threat and will continue to get updates throughout the weekend. the president is pending his birthday weekend. he turns 52 tomorrow, at camp david. according to public reports he picked up increased chatter. kapting a terror attack could be carried out in the coming days. also hearing from general martin dempsey, the joint chiefs of staff and indicates they are targeting western interest not just u.s. interest. she's what general dempsey told a abc news about the intelligence. t is specific. yes, there is a significant threat stream and we're reacting to it. >> on capitol hill republican congressman peter king said there is, quote, very specific information that there aa plot but not clear where it's aimed. >> we understand the focus seems to be on yemen. >> that's where al qaeda and the

the obama administration has announced it will keep 19 embassies in north africa and the middle east closed from to a week due to fears of a possible military threat. ramped up security measures were in place over the weekend that some of the 22 diplomatic posts shattered by the concerns. saxby chambliss, the top republican on the senate intelligence committee, said intercepted communications were reminiscent of what was heard before the 9/11 attacks. credited the nsa spy programs with detecting the threat. >> these programs are controversial. . we understand that. very important. there are what lead us to have or allow us to have the ability to gather this chatter that i refer to. if we did not have these programs, then we simply would not be able to listen in on the bad guys. the 702ay, it is program that has allowed us to pick up on this chatter. that is the program that allows us to listen overseas, not on domestic soil, but overseas. >> opponents of the nsa sweeping program held action sunday. the group protested in several u.s. cities on what it dubbed 1984 date. the group held

what it calls a continued potential for terrorist attacks particularly in the middle east and north africa. this comes after yesterday's announcement that nearlily 20 diplomatic posts will close in those regions this sunday due to an al qaeda related threat. closures that could be extended and expanded to include more embassies and consulates on monday if warranted. joining me now in two of the capitals directly affected, nbc's atia abawi in kabul and ayman muhyeldin in cairo. but right here in washington is justice correspondent pete williams. what are we hearing from homeland security and justice department officials and agencies? >> very little from homeland and the fbi because this is primarily a threat overseas. that's an important point to make. there is no information here suggesting that this is any kind of attack planned for the homeland. so it is more of an overseas threat and i guess the best way to describe it is this. what we're told is this is a credible source in a country where some other al qaeda plots have come from. the question is, while the source is considered credibl

embassies across the middle east and north africa will be closed today and they may remain closed for the next few days due to an unspecified threat by al qaida and washington's also issued a travel alert for u.s. citizens with a specified timetable the u.k. and germany have also announced they will close their missions in yemen it was our last september an attack on the u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi so the militants killed the ambassador christopher stevens. and zimbabwe's current president eighty nine year old robert mugabe has been reelected for a seventh winning over sixty percent of the votes of the opposition movement for democratic change has claimed the election was fraudulent and denounced to any cooperation with mugabe it also promised to take legal action against the poll results the european union and the us of expressed doubts over the credibility of the election citing huge irregularities. and police are broken up a sit in staged by hundreds of leftwing protesters in a small city in the world in germany activists were trying to prevent a vigil by far right groups i

in response they closed 22 embassies in the middle east and north africa today. a travel alert has been issued for americans overseas and lawmakers are in the loop, too. >> we've received information that high level people from al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula are talking about a major attack. these are people at high levels. whatever that is, we act upon it because our first priority is to protect the americans in other parts of the world. >> reporter: the exact attacks are not known. >> gregg: what are the president's critics saying about his handling of the threat so far? >> he is being applauded so far for his pro-active warning and for shutting down those embassies overseas. one administration critic says al-qaeda was emboldened by the tragic outcome in benghazi making the current precautions all the more appropriate. >> they are taking the right approach to this. benghazi was a complete failure. the report go was real and we dropped the ball. we learned from benghazi and the administration is doing this right. >> republican congressman peter king saying p

. >> north africa, east africa, they have taken up the strategic and operational mantle for alkida. >> reporter: three drone strikes killed several alkida militants. the group in yemen has vowed to attack the united states. marley hall, kpix 5. >> 15 years ago this week alkida bombed two u.s. embassies in africa. a statement from sfpd says the department is monitoring the situation and can deploy resources if necessary. they say they're working with other law enforcement agencies in the bay area. they say there has been no direct threat to the city. >>> coming up a horrifying hit and run in venice beach and it's caught on camera. how police were able to finally nab the driver. >>> it's d day for a-rod. the penalty he's getting from the mlb for doping. plus what a dozen other players have all ready reportedly agreed to. >>> we have gray over cast. it's a beautifully pleasant day inland. in the south bay we'll sort it out for you. the forecast for you. stay tuned. ,,,,,,,,,,,, at farmers we make you smarter about insurance, because what you dont know can hurt you. what if you didn't kno

a potential terror attack on sunday twenty one missions were closed across the middle east and north africa as a precaution lawmakers in washington claim the most serious threat in years after pre nine eleven levels of chatter were intercepted last year on america's diplomatic mission in the libyan city of benghazi left four dead including the ambassador. at least eighty people have been killed when monsoon rains caused flash floods in afghanistan and across the border and pakistan was particularly badly affected with at least fourteen dead with over a hundred homes washed away forecasters warned of more rain that may be on the way over the coming days in two thousand and ten torrential rain led to widespread flooding in pakistan and over seven thousand eight hundred deaths. mali's the first presidential elections since islamists almost to topple the government last year have failed to produce a clear winner france sent in troops to push the militants back but peace remains a fragile prospect in the war torn country whichever candidate comes out the winner will have their hands full dealing

the state department today issued a travel alert throughout the middle east and north africa for the entire month of august. quote, current information suggests that al qaeda continue to plan terrorist attacks in the region and beyond. they may focus efforts to do attacks in the period of august and beyond. prepare to shut down on sunday. we're talking about u.s. diplomatic sites in other cities where demonstrators put u.s. flags in lighter fluid. this all coincides with the end of ramdan. we have our pentagon correspondent standing by. dana bash is on capitol hill, where lawmakers were briefed about. give us more details about this threat out of yemen. >> u.s. intelligence agencies have been monitoring this for months we are told. a growing threat stream out of yemen. in recent days, fresh intelligence pointed them to the fact that something may be doing down al qaeda operatives may be in the final stages of planning some sort of attack. yemen also alerting the u.s. to what they believe is the up tick in the threat in their country. they are also on high alert. you are seeing the th

and towards north africa and beyond.and >> all i think that this close and all of these embassies in the middle east towards north africa is unprecedented to. from what i've seen in my career. >> reporter: not everybody is as concerned. >> i think that everything is under control. >> reporter: he will be more cautious during his time overseas. >> it is not really on my mind but i will keep my eyes opened and look around. >> reporter: president obama is continuing his plans at camp david this shutdown could be on sunday. april williams, kron 4 news. >> a lot of fog in oakland. by the afternoon, plenty of sunshine and the temperatures in the upper 60's and 70's. but fog is really factoring its way into the bay area. here is a time lapse from this afternoon. notice, it is searching in early. for this evening and making for cool temperatures. right now, this is a live look at san francisco in the golden gate bridge and the towers. we will her notice gray skies. and for the north-bay valleys. the east bay, not as much fog as

shutting 17 embassies in shot spots across the middle east and north africa. they say they may be closed longer depending on the danger. let's go right to molly henneberg who is in washington for us with the latest. molly, what have we heard from the white house today regarding all of this? >> molly: white house says president obama was briefed this morning on the al-qaeda terror threat and will continue to get updates throughout the weekend. the "new york times" reports today that the u.s. has picked up increased chatter between senior al-qaeda operatives indicating a terror attack could be carried in and out coming days. tomorrow is president obama's birthday and also the day the new president of iran should be sworn in. for those reasons, the timing could be significant. >> you always to have watch out when you are getting close to september 11th because that is big dated for them. it's also a factor, the period of ramadan, a religious holiday of great importance also plays into the desire to make a splash at this point. >> molly: on capitol hill peter king

embassies across the middle east and north africa closed today and may remain shut for the next few days due to an unspecified threat by al qaeda and washington's issued a travel alert for u.s. citizens there with a very specific timetable the u.k. france and germany have also announced they will close their missions in yemen the u.s. embassy there was attacked last year while a deadly assault was also carried out on the ambassador in libya. and the president of honduras has ordered the army to take control of the country's main prison following riots between rival gangs that left at least three inmates dead and the unrest came amid a report the government's completely failed to provide security at all detention facilities in the country leaving jails at the hands of prisoners themselves and the inter-american commission on human rights said the prisons are overcrowded with some holding twice as many inmates as they are designed to do. now the economic crisis in greece has left a major dent in the country's health care system coupled that with more people forced to live on the streets an

embassies across the middle east and north africa a closed this sunday may remain shut for the next few days due to a terror threat and american officials said that they've learned from an intercepted al qaeda conversation that the attack is going to be big and strategically significant washington's also issued a worldwide travel alert the u.s. embassy in yemen was attacked last year while a deadly assault was also carried out on the ambassador in libya. crowds of people who descended on the streets of rome to rally in support of italy's former prime minister and sent to rightly that silvio berlusconi demonstration as a climax to a weekend of political turbulence after the let's go to it was found guilty of tax fraud the conviction that could see him under house arrest has put the fragile government coalition under threat as five ministers from his party say they are ready to resign over the issue to bring us up to date for the moment the weekly continues in about five minutes from now here on r.t. we're coming to you live from moscow. from one show last reverberates through the centuri

are 21mentioned, there embassies usually open on sundays that are closed. ,hese waves from north africarom the western coast of africa all the way through the middle east, but there are some interesting omissions from the less. there are several countries where embassies are open on sundays that have been targets of terrorist attacks that are not on the list. it, morocco,t tunisia, lebanon, turkey, and the big one, pakistan. not closed.ies are what i think we can infer from this is that the source of the threat is specific enough and well known enough in terms of their area of operation that these facilities have not been closed. i also noticed that a country like indonesia, a moslem country that has been the site of numerous terrorist attacks, it is also anomalous. so, i think that what we will see is the national security officials, the state department, the pentagon, the intelligence agencies, really doubling down and taking a close look at what is going on throughout this broad swath of the year for the discovered by this. host: the president this past week, meeting with the preside

strongly 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 to

said the threat is not related to the closure of 19 diplomatic posts in the middle east and he north africa earlier in week. president obama will hold a press conference today. >> that's right. he's expected to answer a number of questions before he goes on vacation, anywhere from terror threats to frosty relations with russia. we go to brianne carter with more. bri. >> good morning to you, jummy and scott. that's right, we haven't heard much from the president on a number of these issues but we expect that will all change later this afternoon. he has scheduled a press conference here in the oval office at the white house and we expect he'll talk about a host of issues including this latest terror alert as well as the relationship between the united states and russia. as you may recall earlier this week president obama cancelling his one-on-one meeting with russian president vladimir putin. white house officials said at the time a lack of, quote, significant progress on a wide array of critical issues between the two countries as the reason. we do expect he will expand on that later today.

the doors are locked at 22 embassies and consulates across the middle east and north africa. americans traveling around the world are being urged to stay vigilant. the details straight ahead. >>> and in this country, people ran for their lives as a speeding car took aim at l.a.'s famed venice beach. one person is dead, nearly a dozen more hurt. the driver is under arrest. we'll hear from some terrified eyewitnesses. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> but, first new details are coming in as nearly two dozen embassies and consulates are locked up and closed down today. it's over mounting concerns that al qaeda is getting dangerously close to a serious attack possibly in the middle east or northern africa. sources say it's base on new information coming out of yemen and there's in concerns there. the threat has sparked a worldwide travel alert for americans that may not end very soon. >>> and just in this hour, we are getting new details about the athlete. barbara starr is live for us in washington with that new information. barbara, what do you have? >> well, fredricka,

this isn't even in yemen that everybody knew about, but even in north africa.acking an embassy, sacking it and killing an ambassador. so a distinction they only used after an election as a way to cover-up the cover-up that happened before the election. >> julie, ed henry asked about benghazi and the president september 12th of last year saying that those responsible will be brought to justice. take a listen to his answer. >> i also said that we'd get bin laden and i didn't get him in 11 months. so we have informed i think the public that there's a sealed indictment. it's sealed for a reason. but we are intend on capturing those who carried out this attack. and we're going to stay ton it until we get him. this remain as top priority for us. >> a top priority. julie, your thoughts or back story? >> no one wants to capture the people responsible for the attack in benghazi more than the white house if for no other reez didn't may put an end to the questions why they haven't been able to capture any of these people and hopefully from their point of view put an end t