joining us now, nbc news terrorism analyst roger cressey. thank you for tonight. thank you for helping us last night. roger, we heard from pete williams on an update on the al qaeda plot, but i just want to ask you about two other very disturbing stories i'm sure you know about. first of all, in north carolina, potential terrorists, they looked at a possible attack on the virginia marine corps base in quantico? going for the mat reens? and then there's another report, roger, coming out of dallas about the potential bomb problem there. what's your take on this. >> well, the one in fk next was daniel patrick boyd, larry. he was arrested a couple of months ago. now we see new information that he identified quantico as a target, bought some maps and was doing some initial reconnaissance. he lived in pakistan for a number of years. clearly he was radicalized. clearly he had the intent and with small arms, he could certainly have caused some significant damage. then we have the guy in both chicago as well as dallas who were self-starters, who identified on their own that

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. >> nbc's roger cressey, nbc news terrorism analyst. thank you, roger, pleasure. >> thank you, tam ron gentleman. now the bigger picture, the outrage over moammar gadhafi's visit to the united nations and the u.s. the libyan leader addressed the u.n. general assembly this morning for nearly an hour and 45 minutes, taking the podium after president obama. many diplomats across the globe left the claimer before gadhafi started speaking including secretary of state hillary clinton and susan rice, the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. there were demonstrations outside the united nations today relatives to the americans killed on pan am flight 103 protesting gadhafi's visit. they are furious the convicted bomber was released from a scottish prison and greeted in libya by cheering crowds. 40 miles north of the united nations, the suburban town of bedford, new york is threatening legal action over a tent put over by the libyan government on donald trump's estate. gadhafi was going to stay in that tent. the trump organization said otherwise but releas

. >> part of my discussion with roger cressey.oming up next hour, i'll be joined by former counterterrorism ambassador at large michael sheehan. we'll take a closer look at where the u.s. is in the overall war on terror. >>> republican senators on the intelligence committee are backing out of an investigation into alleged detainee abuse by the cia. the panel launched its investigation in march but now gop members are pulling out because of attorney general eric holder's decision to look into the allegations under the bush administration. the ranking republican on the committee says it's not fair to ask a cia employee to risk his freedom by answering the committee's questions. >>> now to the battle over health care reform. after four days of poring over hundreds of amendments, the senate finance committee is expected to take up the controversial public option on tuesday, but there was no shortage of controversy this week. >> mr. chairman, let me just complete my thought here -- >> in about one minute, you'll complete your thought.