. >> roz jordan is following this story, roz, the u.k. has raised their security threat level. american leaders have not. what have u.s. authorities saying about what we're hearing now? >> well, there hasn't been a specific reaction to the comments from king abdalla of saudi arabia. but the u.s. has been saying federate much for past couple of weeks that it does consider the islamic state group a very serious security threat. however, on friday, we heard from the secretary of homeland security, jay johnson, who said that there wasn't enough credible imminent intelligence that justifies changing the nation's terror threat level from where it currently sets. and -- sits. and without that evidence, it's not really worth terrifying the american people with a change in the threat level. now that's not to say that the obama administration isn't taking a closer look at what can be done. we heard from the president barack obama on thursday who said that his advisors, particularly his military advisors are trying to work on military options that the u.s. can use in trying to confront i.

rosalyn jordan joins us. roz, you were in a state department briefing, i imagine that was a hot one. what is the latest? >> the state department is standing behind the u.s. i.d. program, which jen saki took pains to are stress, was being administered by a contractor. non-u.s. citizens we should stress to go to cuba to ostensibly work in a program that would promote democracy. but that wasn't the publicly stated program. they were also officially working in hiv clinics and using the clinics as a venue to try to engage in political work, trying to recruit young cubans who might be interested in changing the government. obviously the cu cuban governmet isn't happy about this situation and there was a lot of back and forth about this program and whether u.s. i.d.'s beings mission of promoting health and welfare around the world was underscored. listen to today's briefing. >> this is not a covert program. there are programs done discretely. >> but the mission of the program undercuts the work which ngos tell me they a

. >> speaking to our correspondent, rosslyn jordan in washington d.c., and any reaction from john kerry, roz? >> we have just gotten reaction from the secretary of state, it's a written statement. and let me read just a part of it for you, because it's a bit long. the united states condemns in the strongest possible terms today's attack, which lead to the killing of two israeli soldiers and the abduction of another. it was an outrageous violation of the ceasefire and the assurances given to the united nations and the united states. the secretary of state, john kerry, releasing the statement in the past minute or so, and basically blaming hamas for this ceasefire. the statement does go on to say, however, that the u.s. is looking for an urgent recommitment to the ceasefire, and he's not saying, at least in the u.s.' view at the moment, that the ceasefire is dead, but may be legal, and may not match the facts on the ground. >> rosie, you had a conversation with james a few minutes ago, and let's get a view from your side of the atlantic. would would the u.s. have left that wording in the cease