0 they are really narrowing down the scope of the closings to north africa and the middle east although they also say they don't know where these attacks are being -- are going to take place. i think that is the assessment of the intelligence community that those are the likeliest places. but it should be added that they don't know what the target is. they can't certainly say that it's against the u.s. diplomatic post. it could be other western interests. for that reason both france and the uk have decided to keep their embassy in yemen closed through thursday. they are still trying to find out more about this but, so far, any further information about this has been elusive. >> as we have been listening to experts on the intel and richard haass talking about the fact this is the new normal, many of the elect officials coming out talking about the chatter reminds them of pre9/11. thj the su norm isn't this a real impact now? the fear that can be -- the fear outfit. >> also before 9/11, al qaeda and yemen with the "uss cole" bombing. pete, thank you. joining me from cairo is nbc chief foreign accordance richard engel. the embassy there is closed. explain the situation there and what you've been hearing about northern africa. >> reporter: if this is the new normal, it is a very difficult status quo that we are entering into for american diplomats. the last several years since 9/11 really american diplomats forced back. they have been surrounded by tons of concrete. now the embassy itself is closed and it makes it difficult for diplomats to get out and interact with people and meet members of civil society which could be surgically implanted in someone's body. the other two reasons? the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is someone very close to top al qaeda leadership and was once osama bin laden's secretary. lastly, the group in yemen has been attacked quite aggressively by yemeni fources and saudi forces and american drones and therefore is looking for an opportunity for revenge. >> nbc's richard engel reporting in cairo. thank you. joining to us continue this conversation is democratic senator from oregon, jeff markly. senator, good to have you here. obviously, as we have been talking about off the top of this hour it's the new normal of what is taking place in relation to the embassy closings. i want to play more from what we heard from richard haass this morning on "morning joe." >> this is not an exception. this is in some ways the inevitable result of a middle east that is increasely russia's law that bans promoting lbgt relationships in public and this is a nonbinding resolution from you to ask russia those who travel to the olympic games in 2014 in sochi will not experience that type of discrimination. we have 83 different members of congress who just sent a letter urging john kerry to protect the lgbt athletes in these games. do you have enough support in washington to provide legislation with any real teeth? >> i certainly hope so. we haven't paid a lot of attention until the last week but when the sports minister came out and said that the anti-discrimination law or it's actually the discrimination law against the lgbt community was enforced during the games it caught everyone's attention. i have a lot of concerns about the law itself and the general campaign against lgbt community in russia. i think we should clarify that it's wrong and certainly we need to guarantee that all of those attending the games are going to be in lgbt discrimination free zone. so we need to draw attention to that. >> given the current climate, as we have been witnessing with our relationship with russia, especially the fact that vladimir putin has granted temporary asylum to edward snowden any reason to believe -- >> i think when it comes to olympic games there is a tremendous amount of national prestige about it. i don't think russia wants to be in a position whether being criticized by the world for -- it's not right for the athletes and it's not right for the coaches and not right for the audience and not right in any conceivable way. i think if we draw attention to the unacceptability of this, we will see hopefully guarantees from the russian president they will conduct the games in appropriate discrimination free campaign of discrimination. >> oregon senator jeff merkley, thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> you're welcome. we will have more on this issue later this hour. joining me is former rugby player ben cohen and others. trayvon martin parallel to emmitt till. in my mind, same thing. >> oprah winfrey opening up about everything from trayvon martin to the discussion of race in this country to a new movie that she has coming out. christopher witherspoon will talk to me about their one-on-one interview. d-day for a-rod is expecting news at the top of the hour about a suspension for the bronx bomber today. we will have the latest from yankees stadium. that leads us to today's big question for you. we wanted to figure out do you think that the mlb ban means the ends of a-rod's career? 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