go to dagestan, get with that group, and maybe attack russia. i think their whole concern from the beginning has been to protect russia. and didn't see him because members of these groups have not come to the u.s., ever, in the past couple of decades of this whole battle between russia and chechen militants. so i think that was probably their thinking. we're guessing at this point. we don't know exactly what they knew, and what they were thinking at the time. >> we are guessing. but it does seem like a missed opportunity. tom fuentes, cnn law enforcement analyst, thanks so much for being with us this morning. let's go back to zoraida in new york for more of the day's other news. >> good morning, john. it's 38 minutes past the hour. we're following a developing story in northern california where police are investigating the stabbing death of an 8-year-old girl. leila fowler was discovered on saturday by her 12-year-old brother inside their home, in the rural community of valley springs. that's about 60 miles southeast of sacramento. investigators say the parents