consulates. you can see on the map in 17 countries across the middle east, north africa, asia, and now the state department 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