officials here are always concerned about some sort of lone wolf and ottawa-style situation. that is the predominance here because isis is not operational the way al qaeda is, at least we don t think it is. they are more of a threat in the middle east and threats to their neighbors and obviously to journalists and others who become their hostages. but they have not been a threat in terms of a bomb making ability of al qaeda in the rainian peninsula or some of the other terrorist groups. right. when the isis threat really became apparent this summer, the growing threat, the intelligence and counterterrorism officials said they didn t seem to pose a direct threat to the united states. they cited other groups having greater ability to carry out attacks in the united states. but they of course raised the possibility that anyone inside the united states who would be inspired by isis could, under that banner, carry out attacks like this.
openly. since then, the u.s. and yemeni government have stepped up their efforts. from the looks of it, the air strikes, yemen air force along with u.s. assets certainly stirred up the hornet s nest. reporter: they are taking the fight to the streets. al qaeda in the arainian peninsula have gone all in. they have done attacks itself. reporter: the u.s. capital has been shut down for nearly a month with no plans to reopen it. meanwhile, this yemeni-american man is accused of plotting to
allowed to go there and fight? it seems like is that something the u.s. government thinks is okay for our citizens to be doing? no. the u.s. would not be in favor of it. it s legal to go there and fight. absolutely. there s nothing they can do to prevent americans from traveling to another country to do this. the individuals rpt advertising for the most part they re eep gauging in the battle. they can go support the regime, the free syrian army. but we can t stop them. what we can do is certainly arrest them upon return if they ve engaged in terror activities and accounted for the loss of life. and then decide what to do from there. someone in national security told us isis is so out there that it s the group that he worries that the next attempt to hit inside the u.s. will come from this group. it could. it serm could come from al qaeda in the rainian peninsula, but isis was disavowed by al qaeda
missions in yemen. spokesman said it was also for precautionary measures. peter, ally, tucker, back to you. alisyn: elizabeth, thank you for that we don t know much about this threat. we do know a few things. more specific than previous threats. the chatter and details that elizabeth just laid out were picked up from the nsa surveillance program, and that the intent as she said is to attack all western, not just u.s. interest. tucker: we know the message that it sounds is that al qaeda is very powerful. powerful enough to force the most serious country in the world to close 21 embassies all qualify as u.s. soil. so, basically, we are taking our crews from al qaeda, still sending a powerful message about strength and weakness. look at the map of all of the embassies and con salutes being shut down as a result of this threat allegedly coming out of yemen from a cap, al qaeda, the rainian peninsula. i think, tucker, you make the right point, rarely,
qaeda in iraq, they re back. you saw an incredible amount of attacks. al qaeda in north africa is very active and sifting to algeria and in the aircrafts rainian peninsula and in somalia. we continue to talk about how we decimated this group this, hoargz, they are still there. and when you talk about the fact that you ended the war in iraq, there is only two ways to end a war uwin or you lose. by packing up and leaving, that s not a means to end anything. mast, you embolden your enemies. greta: thank you, congressman. thank you. greta: the day none of us forgets. remembering september 11, a day that forever changed our nation. [ mrs. hutchison ] friday night has always been all fun and games